Project Coordinator

Position Title: Project Coordinator

Work Location: St. Paul, MN, USA, 55117

Assignment Duration: 12 months

Work Arrangement: On-site

Position Summary: Manages the development and implementation process of our organization's products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Estimates project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with appropriate staff to understand the scope of effort.
• Prepares project plans, schedules, and budgets by using project management tools such as Microsoft Project and by working with appropriate staff to understand tasks necessary to complete the project.
• Directs project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans.
• Assures project quality by using standard development methodologies and by working with SQA to develop and execute project quality plans.
• Communicates project status by preparing standard status reports and by participating in departmental and customer project status update meetings.
• Resolves project issues by working with team members, project customers, and others as appropriate.
• Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge and assisting or mentoring more junior project leaders in project management processes and techniques.

• Bachelor's degree plus 2-5 years of related work experience with a good understanding of the specified functional area, or Master's degree with 0-2 years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures.
• General understanding of business unit/group function.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Has a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.

Notes:

• Helping with the logistics of travel
• Organized
• Strong organizational skills
• Good Communication Skills
• Planning tools, Excel, Microsoft
• Position is convertible